The Pastoral novel , In the universal literature, is that literary genre of prose that is characterized by its idealization of the pastoral life and the peasant in general. It also has incursions into sentimental episodes that express the Renaissance spirit (hence, this is an Italian genre). The initiator of this type of novel was Theocritus in … Read more
The Classical Greek literature Is considered one of the oldest and most important in the Western world. This is so because his writers created masterpieces such as epic poems, lyrics, comic dramas, tragedies, philosophies and historical writings. In addition, in terms of themes, genres often dealt with political issues, historical legends of wars and warriors, gods. From … Read more
The Types of poems Are classified according to a series of characteristics related to the number of syllables, the type of rhyme or stanzas and the composition. The poem is defined as a work composed of verses, which seeks to express both the emotions and impressions that have its author of the world. Belongs to poetry, one … Read more
The Metaphysical books Have been written from the Ancient Age to the present day, from Lao Tzu, through Aristotle, to Eckhart Tolle today. If you like reading these kinds of books, you will enjoy this compilation of the best titles and the most outstanding authors. Do not pay attention to order; I recommend that you see them … Read more
The Byzantine novel Is a genre of Spanish literary narrative written in prose and developed in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In the Byzantine narrative one tends to imitate to the old Greek authors exponents of the ancient Greek novel, particularly to Heliodoro de Émesa . The outline of the Byzantine novel is almost always the same: two young … Read more
The Argumentative texts Are intended to express opinions in order to support or refute an idea. In this case the sender seeks to convince or persuade the receiver with his arguments. The argumentative texts can be both written and oral. And it is precisely because of its oral characteristics that this type of texts are part of … Read more
The Moorish novel Is a native Spanish literary genre characterized by neoplatonic love, religious themes, which embodied the plural reality of a Spain where the Moors, Jews and Christians lived in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. At first the character of the Moorish novel was realistic, recounting the complex interaction between the Muslims and Christians … Read more
Some of the Writers of the Golden Age Most important have been Alonso de Ledesma, Antonio Hurtado, Baltasar Gracián, Bartolomé de las Casas, Fernando de Rojas, Fray Luis de León The Golden Age comprises two important and distinguished cultural movements; he Renaissance and the Baroque . Between these periods the artistic and cultural currents had their greatest … Read more
He Culteranismo Is a literary current that arose in Spain framed within the Spanish baroque literature. It covers the period between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. S also known as Gongorism thanks to its greatest exponent Luis de Góngora. It is characterized by a vocabulary very ornate and ostentatious at the same time that conveys a message … Read more
The Works of Plato Are a reflection of the philosophy of the time of the years 400 a. C., where the dialogues were more common than the narrations and the force of the forms that he called justice, beauty and equality gave shape to his legacy. While other thinkers used these three ideas as somewhat inaccurate, Plato … Read more